Water-heater.



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WATER HEATER. V APPLICATION FILED F3120, 1914.

1,101,354, Patented June 23, 1914.

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S. B. TEBO.

WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED 33.20, 1914.

1,101,354, Patented June 23, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

SILAS B. TEBO, OF MOUNT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914:.

Application filed February 20, 1914. Serial No. 820,000.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SILAs B. TEBo, a cit1- zen of the United States, residing at Mount Clemens, in the county of Macomb and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVaterl Ieaters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to heaters, and more particularly to the class of water heaters for use in bath tubs.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a heater wherein the same is so constructed as to float upon a body of water when let into a bath tub so that the said water may be heated to the desired temperature for bathing purposes.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a heater wherein the same is of novel form to assure the proper heating of the water when delivered into a bath tub, the fuel burner for the heater being disposed therein so that the water will not disturb the flames issuing from the burner, thus enabling the entire contents of the tub to be thoroughly heated for bathing purposes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a heater which is rendered portable and is especially designed for burning gas so that it may be placed within a bath tub and will float upon the water for the heating thereof, the gas being supplied from an ordinary gas jet.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a heater of this character which is extremely simple in construction, reliable and efficient in its operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a heater constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a bath tub with its side broken away, a gas jet, and the heater afloat within the tub and connected with the gas jet. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View through the heater. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the burner removed from the heater. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through one end of the heater.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several Views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates generally a bath tub, and B a gas jet, to the latter of which is detachably connected the coupling end 10 of a flexible gas tube 11, which is connected with the burner of the heater presently described.

The heater comprises a hollow float body 12 formed with opposite outwardly tapered ends 13, and to the bottom of which are connected spaced parallel heating tubes 14 having right angular up-turned ends 15 formed with flared air inlet extremities 16, the tube 1 1 being suitably connected to or integral with the float body 12 to form a unitary structure.

Arranged within the tubes 14: are perforated burner pipes 17 the same being supported in brackets 18 mounted in the tubes 11 contiguous to the ends 15 thereof, these pipes 17 being tapped onto an inlet bridge 20 which is preferably formed from piping and rises within the hollow body 12 for connection with the gas tubing 11 so that gas from the jet B will be supplied through the tubing 11 and the inlet bridge 20 into the burner pipes 17 for the igniting thereof at the perforations in the said pipes so that the flame issuing from the burner will play upon the tubes 14 to radiate the heat for the heating of the water when the heater is floating in a body thereof. The ends 15 of the tubes 14: rise a sufficient height therefrom so as to obviate the inflow of water into the heating tubes 14, and these ends are open to the atmosphere to supply the requisite amount of air to assure the combustion of the gas fed to the burner pipe for the heating of the tubes 14 of the heater.

When not in use, the heater can be hung or placed at any convenient locality to be out of the way, and as is obvious it is readily portable so that when it is desired to be used the same can be arranged in the bath tub and will be sustained afloat on the water let into the said tub for the heating of the contents thereof for bathing urposes.

When the heater is placed within the tub prior to the lighting thereof a small amount of water should be let into the same so as to cast the heater afloat, and thereafter the gas tube is attached to the et B and the gas turned on-for the lighting of the burner in the heater so that the Water Within the tub tubes in the heating tubes.

2. A heater comprising a pair of spaced vertically arranged substantially U-shaped heating tubes, an elongated buoyant body having connections with the tubes medially of the same for communication therewith, burner tubes within the heating tubes and coextensive with major portions of their length, means for centering the burner tubes in the heating tubes, and a forked union located within the body and connected to the burner tubes for supplying fuel thereto.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 7 in presence of two witnesses. I

SILAS B. TEBO.

Witnesses:

C. A. DEIHL, WILLIAM ORMS.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

